NEW YORK (AA) – A US consumer group has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, accusing the company of “misleading and deceptive” marketing. Although Starbucks claims to source ethically produced coffee and tea, the company’s marketing actually misleads consumers, claimed a statement by the National Consumers League. The st...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have affected arms aid by Western countries to Ukraine and perceptions on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, said Ukraine’s Ambassador to Türkiye Vasyl Bodnar. “International media has turned its attention to this direction, so there are those who think that the war in Ukraine has ended,...
LONDON (AA) – Six-year-old Palestinian-American Wadea al-Fayoume was stabbed 26 times at his home in Illinois, US, by his landlord, who was screaming anti-Muslim slurs as he brutally attacked the little boy. Just moments before, the assailant, 71-year-old Joseph M. Czuba, told the boy’s mother, Hanaan Shahin, who was also stabbed and criticall...
Chania, Greece – AFP Washington’s top diplomat Antony Blinken said Saturday that he wants to make sure the conflict in the Middle East “doesn’t spread”, as he held meetings in Turkey and Greece. Blinken, on a new tour of the Middle East, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Crete on Saturday, a few hour...
Washington, United States – AFP US military forces shot down a drone early Saturday over the Red Sea in international waters near several commercial vessels, the Pentagon said. The incident came just days after a 12-nation group led by the US warned Huthis in Yemen against continuing their attacks on Red Sea shipping. The US […]
Washington, United States – AFP The United States has criticized South Africa for bringing a genocide case against Israel before the UN’s top court, rejecting accusations against its ally over the war in Gaza. The International Court of Justice in The Hague will next week hold hearings on a filing by South Africa that alleges [&hel...
Washington, United States – AFP Hamas still has a “significant force posture” inside Gaza after nearly three months of Israeli military operations, says the White House. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday it was an “attainable goal” for Israel to knock out the ...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran has blamed Israel and the United States for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 95 people in the country’s south on Wednesday, ripping through a crowd commemorating Revolutionary Guards general Qasem Soleimani four years after his death in a US strike. The two explosions — labelled a “terrorist...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israeli ministers have rejected US criticism of their calls for expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said 70% of Israelis support a “humanitarian solution” for encouraging the emigration of Gazans. “Two million people [Palestinians in Gaza] wake up every mornin...
CHICAGO (AA) – Participants of the congress organized by the Muslim American Society (MAS) and the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) told the media that they hesitated to express their views on Israel’s attacks on Palestine. They hold the Biden administration responsible for the increasing pressure in all areas, from social me...
